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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archer Daniels Midland Co shares on Friday climbed to their highest level this year after an Australia official appeared to leave the door open for the U.S. agribusiness giant to launch another bid for grain handler GrainCorp Ltd . Andrew Robb, Australia's Minister for Trade and Investment, told an investor conference in Hong Kong that "there may be another opportunity at some stage" for ADM to pursue GrainCorp, according to...

Opinions differ as to what's in a Passover cook's repertoire, but now that quinoa, the ancient South American grain of the Incas, has been approved as kosher-for-Passover by leaders in Kashrut supervision, home cooks can delight in adding some carbs to the Seder table. You see, quinoa is not a grain. Rabbis had reservations about certifying it because it behaved and looked like a grain. But it is an annual herb that bears seeds in a cluster. "It was a concern but now it's fine, it's supervised.

Environmental Nutrition Though going grain-free is a popular diet trend, grains -- especially in their whole form -- provide a significant portion of important nutrients in the diet. You've likely noticed the proliferation of books, websites, and specialty foods aimed at helping people avoid gluten-containing grains -- and all other grains, too. While a small group of scientists, medical professionals and bloggers are leading the charge for grain-free diets -- declaring grains a mismatch based on human evolution -- the majority of experts believe grain-free diets for the masses are a wrong move.

Mondelez International Inc., known for snacks such as Oreo cookies and Cadbury chocolate, is putting some of its well-known foods on a diet. The food company is set to announce goals Wednesday that include increasing the amount of whole grains it uses by 25 percent and reducing levels of sodium and saturated fat in its products by 10 percent by 2020. By 2020, the Deerfield-based maker of Chips Ahoy cookies also wants to have 25 percent of its revenue come from what it says are "better choice" products, up from 20 percent currently.

March 10 (Reuters) - Spot basis bids for corn and soybeans were mostly steady across the U.S. Midwest early on Monday as farmers held off on selling crops ahead of monthly data from the government, dealers said. * The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled to release its March supply and demand crop reports at 11 a.m. CDT (1600 GMT). * Dealers said farmers had sold large amounts of both corn and soybeans in the last two weeks on market rallies and were waiting for the reports before booking additional sales.

March 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to release its export inspections report at 10 a.m. CDT (1500 GMT) on Monday. The USDA last month changed the format of the report to show values in tonnes, instead of bushels. Export inspection estimates for U.S. grain and soybeans are as follows, in tonnes. Range (tonnes) Previous week (tonnes) Wheat 475,000-600,000 tonnes 609,867 Corn 850,000-1,000,000 tonnes 1,044,300 Soybeans 740,000-875,000 tonnes 984,181 (Reporting by Julie Ingwersen)

* Farmers sell stocks in face of credit crunch * Some farmers, traders renegotiate sales contracts * Crop prospects now in focus for 2014 harvest By Sarah McFarlane LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Ukrainian farmers are selling grain again to address cash flow problems after a hiatus in recent weeks triggered by the local currency spiralling lower and political turmoil. Global grain prices, along with domestic ones on Ukraine's physical market, have rallied this week on the rising tensions in one of the world's top grain exporters.

March 7 (Reuters) - Basis bids for corn and soybeans shipped by barge to the U.S. Gulf Coast were narrowly lower early on Friday after futures for the crops jumped to six-month highs overnight, triggering farmer sales, traders said. * Expectations for lower barge freight costs in the coming weeks as ice melts on Midwestern rivers was also bearish for the CIF basis. But good export demand at the U.S. Gulf Coast capped declines; cash values for corn and soybeans still were inverted, reflecting near-term interest for the commodities.

SINGAPORE, March 5 (Reuters) - Chicago corn and wheat futures edged down on Wednesday after rising in the previous session on worries over crop production in South America and unrest in Ukraine. FUNDAMENTALS * CBOT May corn had fallen 0.67 percent to $4.81 a bushel by 0135 GMT after rising as far as $4.85 on Tuesday, its highest since September. Tuesday's 2.9-percent gain, its biggest since Jan. 10, pushed the contract to settle above its 200-day moving average. * U.S. Gulf basis offers for corn and wheat were firm on Tuesday, with nearby hard red winter wheat values up as the political unrest in Ukraine increased demand for U.S. grains.